[2] The Director of Public Prosecutions decided not to ask the PSNI to carry out an investigation, and relatives in 2020 launched a legal action in response.

[7][8][9] The New Lodge, on the edge of the city centre, with a history of Irish republicanism and surrounded by Loyalist areas, saw much violence during The Troubles.

On Friday 2 February, the hooded body of 28-year-old Catholic, Patrick Bradley from Andersonstown, was found in a car on Maurice Street.

Earlier in the day, ten people from the Beechmount area were injured when gunmen opened fire from a passing car.

The UDA had paraded from many parts of the city to the Laddas Drive RUC station to demand the release of two of its members who had recently been interned.

British soldiers fired a number of rounds at a crowd of people from Duncairn Gardens down Edlingham Street and from the top of Templar and Alamein Flats.

Four more people, Tony Campbell (19), Ambrose Hardy (26), Brendan Maguire (33) and John Loughran (35) were shot dead by British snipers.